The consumer group organisation Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) has organised a really interesting conference in Brussels. Today and tomorrow, about 130 participants will listen to panels and discuss among themselves. Most of the attendants come from the reform-oriented side of the debate, but there are some traditionally minded patent and copyright attorneys as well. As Read more »
The thursday morning session starts with the Chairman’s announcement that, as the discussion of the individual proposals is nearing its end (we’re well into the US proposal, and after that only that of the Friends of Development is left), he will seek to draft a list of topics that have been discussed or are to Read more »
The PCDA procedure is pretty clear by now. They’re going through proposals one by one, with delegations and NGOs commenting only on the proposals they actually have something to say about, other than “we agree”. While the confusion is nowhere near the degree it reached during great parts of last year’s IIM series, discussing about Read more »